Strategy - Life Cycle of an Enterprise

2 credits · Owen Graduate School of Management

This strategy course seeks to expand your understanding of the life cycle of enterprises from start up to maturity, maturity to renewal or failure. We will explore the methods and measures of how companies /management teams seek to succeed in challenging stages of their existence. We will also learn how management teams build strategies and how human capital plays a pivotal role in the success or failure of an organization. We will spend much of our time looking at an organizations organic and strategic growth, including new market entry, acquisitions/mergers and their role in the growth objectives of an organization. Open to second year MBA students only. [2]